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Born and raised in Asia to a family that owned hotels and restaurants in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, Foo left home to study at the prestigious Royal College of Art & Design in London, where he achieved a second Master's Degree in Graphic Design at St. Martin's. He abandoned his dynamic and promising Ad Agency career in London to come to Canada in 1975 when his parents retired and the whole family immigrated.
Foo, a top-ranked Realtor for over 18 years, retired in January 2002 to pursue acting, a career that came about by accident when he drove a friend to an audition for a Yellow Pages commercial. Today, Foo has an impressive and expanding resume, with credits ranging from the series lead in the Comedy Network show The Unprofessionals (2001) to principal roles in feature films such as The Truth About Miranda (2004),A Guy Thing (2003),Saving Silverman (2001),Josie and the Pussycats (2001),and Romeo Must Die (2000).
Foo has been dubbed a "Renaissance Man" due to his diverse talents, including speaking English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, being a pianist, an award-winning baritone singer, and an internationally renowned artist. He is also an accomplished chef who began his love affair with cuisine in the kitchen of his parents' hotel and had his own cooking show on Rogers Cablevision. Foo frequently appears as a guest chef and has dedicated huge amounts of his time helping to raise thousands of dollars through his art, acting, and culinary skills.
Foo is a born comedian who performs impersonations of Elvis Presley, Liberace, Elton John, and Donny Osmond, amongst others, and utilizes those talents in the annual charity fund-raising shows that he co-writes, directs, and performs. His custom-designed 5,000 square foot home, which overlooks the Fraser River, serves double duty as a space for charity shows, art exhibits, and fund-raising watercolour painting classes and Chinese cooking demonstrations.
